Correspondence (All)

Article - Correspondence; by Barbara Malloy - 9/19/13

Remembering 9/11

Last Wednesday was not an ordinary day. It was 9/11 2013.
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Article - Correspondence; by Marsha Salzberg - 8/29/13

Invited by Bowie Library to fill 18 empty planters that adorn the parking lot near the entrance to the library on Annapolis Road, the Bowie-Crofton Garden Club held a planting party.
Patuxent Nursery donated the plants. On an absolutely wonderful day for planting, Garden Club members Marsha Salzberg, Rich Buller, Susan Livera, Jackie Streeks, Bob and Joan Walker, Linda Snow, Barbara Eberstein and Jessie Smith set to organizing them.
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Article - Correspondence; 4/11/13

Fish Fight

Sporting Life columnist Dennis Doyle wrote last week that the newly elected president of the Maryland Watermen’s Association, Robert T. Brown Sr. of St. Mary’s County, was apprehended by Natural Resources Police illegally setting nets off of Chapel Point State Park.
Those were fighting words to Mick Blackistone, executive director of the Association.

Blackistone:
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Article - Correspondence; by Jean Radeackar - 4/4/13

Life-Saving Cat Needs a Home

Tiger the orange tabby cat has been the resident blood donor at Mid-Atlantic Animal Specialty Hospital in Huntingtown for the past five years, saving hundreds of animal lives with his blood. At the age of seven and too old to continue in the job, he’s retiring. Now the cat that gave so much needs a home.
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Article - Correspondence; by Ann Wolfe - 1/24/13

South County Democrats Help Fill SCAN Shelves

The South County Democratic Club responded to President Barack Obama’s call for a National Day of Service on January 19 by organizing a food drive for the South County Assistance Network, SCAN.
We were honored to have our District 5 Congressman, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, join us to deliver food items.
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Article - Correspondence; by Charlotte Delaney - 1/10/13

December 7: Forgotten on Our Calendars

Another year has gone by and it’s time for the new calendars to come out.
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Article - Correspondence; by Allen Delaney - 1/3/13

$25 to Plunge

Why Must There Always Be a Price Tag?

I’ve been waiting for the day that the town of North Beach sticks its greedy hand out to charge fun-loving people the privilege to run into the frigid Bay. Even though I have never (and will never) run into the cold water, I’ve enjoyed watching the antics of New Year’s revelers plunging in for the fun of it. And that’s the point: For the fun of it. Now it’s for charity. Why can’t something be done for fun?...

Article - Correspondence; by Nancy Bauer - 11/15/12

Shelter from the Storm

Bruce’s ingenious design of covering our glass-fronted Bay-front house with upturned decks is still working. Here’s how I covered up for Hurricane Sandy. Hope I don’t need to use it often.

–Nancy Bauer, Deale

Editor’s note: Nancy’s deceased husband Bruce Bauer wrote about his ingenious design in Bay Weekly back in the last century.

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Article - Correspondence; by Melissa Gilcrest - 11/8/12

Early Morning, Election Day, November 6, 2012

I voted in the early election voting. Not only that, I was an early election voting official, so I can imagine the energy going on all around me at the precincts as I write.
Many polls had people in Monday night, setting up the equipment, getting ready for the 7am Tuesday start.
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Article - Correspondence; by Sally Donaldson - 3/22/12

Readers Reflect: Tribute to Pat Carpenter

We love your newspaper here in North Beach. Could you put this tribute to Pat Carpenter, who died March 2, in your paper?

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